[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 87 (Thursday, May 6, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24328-24329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11421]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-570-848]


Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From the People's Republic of 
China: Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Administrative 
Review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) has received a 
request from Yancheng Haiteng Aquatic Products & Foods Co., Ltd. 
(Yancheng Haiteng) to conduct a new shipper administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat from the 
People's Republic of China (PRC), which has a September anniversary 
date. In accordance with the Department's regulations, we are 
initiating this administrative review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 6, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sarah Ellerman, Laurel LaCivita or 
Maureen Flannery, AD/CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-4106, (202) 482-4236 or (202) 482-3020, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Departments's regulations are to the current 
regulations, codified at 19 CFR Part 351 (April, 1998).

Background

    On March 30, 1999, the Department received a timely request, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and section 351.214(c) 
of the Department's regulations, for a new shipper administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on freshwater crawfish tail meat, 
issued on September 15, 1997.

Initiation of Review

    In its request of March 30, 1999, Yancheng Haiteng, as required by 
19 CFR 351.214(b)(i) and (iii)(A), certified that it did not export the 
subject merchandise to the United States during the period of 
investigation (POI) (March 1, 1996 through August 31, 1996), and that 
since the investigation was initiated on October 23, 1996, it has not 
been affiliated with any company which exported subject merchandise to 
the United States during the POI. Yancheng Haiteng further certified 
that its export activities are not controlled by the central government 
of the PRC, satisfying the requirements of 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iii)(B). Pursuant to the Department's regulations at 19 
CFR351.214(b)(2)(iv), Yancheng Haiteng submitted documentation 
establishing the date on which the subject merchandise was first 
entered for consumption into the United States, the volume of that 
first shipment, and the date of its first sale to an unaffiliated 
customer in the United States.
    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) and 19 CFR 351.214(d), we 
are initiating a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
freshwater crawfish tail meat from the PRC. In accordance with 19 CFR 
351.214(h)(1), we intend to issue preliminary results of this review no 
later than 180 days after the date of initiation.
    The standard period of review (POR) in a new shipper proceeding 
initiated in the month immediately following the semiannual anniversary 
month is the six-month period immediately preceding the semi-annual 
anniversary month. Therefore, the POR for this new

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shipper review of Yancheng Haiteng is September 1, 1998 through 
February 28, 1999.
    Concurrent with publication of this notice, and in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.214(e), we will instruct the U.S. Customs Service to allow, 
at the option of the importer, the posting of a bond or security in 
lieu of a cash deposit for each entry of the merchandise exported by 
the company listed above, until the completion of the review.
    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 751(a) of 
the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.214.

    Dated: April 30, 1999.
Roland L. MacDonald,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-11421 Filed 5-5-99; 8:45 am]
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